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- THILL COUPLING.

No. 301,201. Patented July 1. 1.884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,201, dated July 1, 1884.

Application filed February 20, 1884. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. As'roN, aresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved OarriageOlip, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying draw- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved carriage-clip. Fig. 2 is a top view, partly in sec tion of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the cushion used therein.

This invention relates to that class of carriage-clips in which a hinged side piece is employed for the purpose of allowing the removal of the thill.

The invention consists in combining with such a clip a peculiar rubber cushion, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, the letter A represents that part of the clip which embraces the axle B, and which here is of the usual construction. From this part A projects forward a rigidly attached lug or car, a, and also a pivoted lug or car, b. The lug a carries the pintle (l, to which the thill Dis hinged. This pintle (Z is, by preference, secured by screw-thread in the lug a,so that when worn itmay be replaced by another. The pintle (1 passes through ahole in the pivoted lug b, and carries a split pin, 0, or analogous device, by which said lug b is prevented from swinging outward. The dotted position in Fig. 2shows the lug b swung outward after the split pin 6 has been taken out of the pintle.

E is a rubber cushion, of a length equal to the distance between the two lugs a b, and so wide as to fill the place behind the thill. Its

general contour is clearly shown in Fig.3that is to say, its front face is concave, as at f, to re ceive the convex rear portion of the thill. On the side which is contiguous with the hinged lug b it has a recess, out out of it. Into this recess will fit the toe or back portion of the lug, 1), whenever said lug is swung outward, 5 as by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The front corner of this rubber cushion, on the side which is next the hinged lug b, is beveled, as shown at h. This is for the purpose of allowing the thill to be inserted without binding on the rubber.

The rubber cushion l has for its object to keep the thill and the pintle from rattling by its forward pressure against the thill, and also to prevent the split pin 6 or its equivalent 5 5 from dropping out. This the cushion prevents by its side-pressure.

I do not claim a clip having hinged side lug or rubber cushion. Such are old. But acush ion having recess and one having bevel-edge h, in the combination shown, has, to my knowledge, not previously been in use.

I claim- 1. In a carriage-clip having hinged lug I) and pintle d, the combination of said clip with the rubber cushion E, having concave front portion, f, and beveled edge It, substantially as herein shpwn and described.

2. In a carriage-clip having hinged lug b and pintle d, the combination of said clip with the rubber cushion E, having recess concave portionf, and beveled edge h, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN A. ASTON.

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WILLY G. E. Sonu'rxrz, .lonN M. Senna. 

